Bahua Dot Comments http://bahua.com/comments/ A Listing of the Latest Fifty Comments From Your Favorite Website en-us re: Deliverance through Technology: Really. by Richard B at 10:39 AM, Jul 2, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Deliverance_through_Technology:_Really. I agree, people get so stuck in our thinking that they can't see the future. Ask someone from the 1800's if its possible to put someone on the moon and they would laugh. But tell some red-fearing americans that the commies are on their way, and they change their mind very quickly.

That's why I was excited when the x-prize foundation placed 100 million on alternative fuels. I think people really miss how many teams are going for these subsidies. Look at early aviation to see that it really does work. It really can spur innovation. Just takes time.

]]> 10:39 AM, Jul 2, 2008 Main re: Deliverance through Technology: Really. by Gulia at 7:47 AM, Jul 2, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Deliverance_through_Technology:_Really. I'm not sure there is a 'right' answer. The only one that intregues me is something that I believe Europe does (thanks to Amber on this one). Their prices have been through the roof for years. Part of this does involve taxes, but the other part is intentional. There is only so much room for cars in the major cities of Europe and therefore to decrease the amount of driving and increase the use of public transit, the gas prices have been very high. Translating that here isn't so easy. Take where I live, Detroit, the big 3 automakers have attempted to stop any movement toward a viable public transit system, so that alternative here is unrealistic at this time. But, in places like Chicago and Boston, public transit are real options and I believe that they are going to continue to grow in use as gas prices grow as well.

(I think this is the biggest entry I've ever made on the site....)

]]> 7:47 AM, Jul 2, 2008 Main re: Deliverance through Technology: Really. by ProdConKH at 7:21 PM, Jul 1, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Deliverance_through_Technology:_Really. This guy thinks he's saving money by taking the bus!

]]> 7:21 PM, Jul 1, 2008 Main re: Deliverance through Technology: Really. by bahua at 3:12 PM, Jun 27, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Deliverance_through_Technology:_Really. I think you got that backwards. Supply is tanking while demand increases, therefore pump prices go up.

]]> 3:12 PM, Jun 27, 2008 Main re: Deliverance through Technology: Really. by dick at 10:51 AM, Jun 27, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Deliverance_through_Technology:_Really. good luck on that. world is already correcting (part of) the problem. demand is tanking while supply is sky-rocketing. don't get philosophical on me, I'm merely commenting on pump prices.

]]> 10:51 AM, Jun 27, 2008 Main re: Dreams and Departures by Brad at 9:26 AM, May 23, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Dreams_and_Departures I didn't know they were moving. That sucks balls.

]]> 9:26 AM, May 23, 2008 Main re: Dreams and Departures by todd s at 7:48 AM, May 23, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Dreams_and_Departures Perfect way to enhance your mood: book a flight to Chicago for next weekend so you can drink with your brother

and I at the Map Room.

]]> 7:48 AM, May 23, 2008 Main re: Waitresses and Pants by ck at 7:36 PM, May 21, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Waitresses_and_Pants Sounds like you're quite the regular at this there Flying Saucer joint. This would seem to make the bartender telling you to come in and see her about as natural as telling someone to take their next breath, no? Hope all is well John. Wish you would've been able to make the trip to CR this weekend. Cheers.

]]> 7:36 PM, May 21, 2008 Main re: Officially Allergic by ck at 3:01 PM, May 20, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Officially_Allergic OTC generic claritin will have that cleared up in a jiffy. My seasonal allergies waited until 25 to show up. Manageable with meds though.

]]> 3:01 PM, May 20, 2008 Main re: Officially Allergic by Gulia at 11:49 AM, May 20, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Officially_Allergic Allergy meds are a good thing! Give 'em a go!

]]> 11:49 AM, May 20, 2008 Main re: The Flying Saucer by flying saucer at 2:42 PM, May 12, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=The_Flying_Saucer (cha-ching!!)

]]> 2:42 PM, May 12, 2008 Main re: The Flying Saucer by Brad at 1:41 PM, May 12, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=The_Flying_Saucer Watch out!

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Drew Davis 15

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]]> 1:41 PM, May 12, 2008 Main re: The Flying Saucer by dick at 11:35 AM, May 12, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=The_Flying_Saucer i often eat lunch at the one by my office in austin. How can you not love the mini skirts and knee-highs?

]]> 11:35 AM, May 12, 2008 Main re: The Flying Saucer by Matt at 5:51 PM, May 9, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=The_Flying_Saucer I had lunch there yesterday with a few coworkers. I enjoyed the place. Too bad I was still "working" and couldn't have a drink. :(

]]> 5:51 PM, May 9, 2008 Main re: My New Eee, and the Forced Adventures Thereof by Brian at 10:30 AM, Apr 30, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=My_New_Eee_and_the_Forced_Adventures_Thereof Specs, yo? Which model did you get?

]]> 10:30 AM, Apr 30, 2008 Main re: Pennies are Worthless by Brad at 4:59 PM, Apr 28, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Pennies_are_Worthless Awesome!

]]> 4:59 PM, Apr 28, 2008 Main re: Megaman 2 by bahua at 4:11 PM, Apr 28, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Megaman_2 As I recall, Crashman will blow up after only two shots of Quickman's boomerang.

]]> 4:11 PM, Apr 28, 2008 Main re: Megaman 2 by Brian at 2:53 PM, Apr 28, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Megaman_2 I don't play this often enough, but I would still use the same order we used to use. Actually, I guess I would mix it up just for variety's sake. You really on need Flashman for Quickman, right? Maybe do Airman first? His weapon makes short work of Crashman. Maybe Air then Crash, then you have Crashman's weapon to pick up all sorts of items and shortcuts. Why not Crashman first? Though without Woodman's shield.. But there are other ways. Have you seen any of the speed runs online?

I could go on and on. Such nerdery. Such wonderful nerdery.

]]> 2:53 PM, Apr 28, 2008 Main re: Megaman 2 by what at 2:13 AM, Apr 25, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Megaman_2 UR A NRD

]]> 2:13 AM, Apr 25, 2008 Main re: Holy Hail! by God's Urologist at 9:49 AM, Apr 22, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Holy_Hail Hail is God's kidney stones.

]]> 9:49 AM, Apr 22, 2008 Main re: Holy Hail! by grammar police at 9:28 AM, Apr 22, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Holy_Hail you "got out of bad" and "took a look out to the window" lol.

]]> 9:28 AM, Apr 22, 2008 Main re: Every Reason to be Happy by DOOM at 4:41 PM, Apr 21, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Every_Reason_to_be_Happy (looms)

]]> 4:41 PM, Apr 21, 2008 Main re: Kansas City's Smokiest Bars by Brian at 11:33 AM, Apr 14, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Kansas_Citys_Smokiest_Bars The civil libertarian in me doesn't have any problem when local government regulates the use of dangerous substances, especially in reasonably public areas. For example, governments regulate how and into what you can pump gasoline. I find that pretty reasonable, from a public safety standpoint.

Governments also regulate the presence of asbestos in public and private places, because it has been determined to be a public health hazard. Do you question whether laws prohibiting asbestos to be hanging from the ceiling of a pub are a good idea? I think a big part of the question here is whether second-hand smoke is a public health hazard. The prevailing research is that it is a hazard, but I'll concede that it's not as firmly established as the case against asbestos. Still, there's not much serious contention on the issue.

If that's the case, it's not a matter of people's choice to work among smoke. It's a public health hazard and no one should have to put up with it.

Also, the coal miner comparison is pretty flawed in my opinion. Ask a coal miner if that's their preferred career (with the risks of gas leaks, fires, collapses, etc.), and you'll probably find out that they'd rather be doing lots of other things. Unfortunately, people don't have complete freedom in their choice of jobs, and people like bartenders and servers can't always pick and choose their job either.

Second-hand smoke in the workplace has been pretty well established to be an unreasonable danger. No one should have to deal with it at all. That's why these laws are being passed all around the country.

]]> 11:33 AM, Apr 14, 2008 Main re: Linux Stuff I Use All The Time by ls CVS Repository at 1:11 PM, Apr 13, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Linux_Stuff_I_Use_All_The_Time You forgot ls!

]]> 1:11 PM, Apr 13, 2008 Main re: Kansas City's Smokiest Bars by Brad at 1:47 PM, Apr 12, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Kansas_Citys_Smokiest_Bars I have yet to meet a smoker that has acquired frostbite from being outside for 5 minutes.

]]> 1:47 PM, Apr 12, 2008 Main re: Kansas City's Smokiest Bars by Cole at 3:07 AM, Apr 12, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Kansas_Citys_Smokiest_Bars Despicable hippies. "Workplace pollution" You have a choice not to work in a coal mine either. More importantly, do the preferences of non-smokers outweigh the right of smokers to not get frostbite? Winters can be cold and windy and just plain awful. I'd rather have a face full of smoke than tell somebody to go outside in the snow or rain. Both sides can not be dicks about it.

]]> 3:07 AM, Apr 12, 2008 Main re: Linux Stuff I Use All The Time by Chris at 2:24 PM, Apr 11, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Linux_Stuff_I_Use_All_The_Time How in the world could you leave out uptime??

]]> 2:24 PM, Apr 11, 2008 Main re: Kansas City's Smokiest Bars by cmh at 12:26 PM, Apr 11, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Kansas_Citys_Smokiest_Bars banning/regulating a noxious pollutant in the workplace, regardless of its source, is a perfectly acceptable exercise of regulation. pollution control is one area where outside regulation (i.e. the govt) is superior to "free market" (cough cough) approaches, since there is no market for "public health and good."

why is it so troubling when the workplace being regulated is a bar or restaurant but it is (presumably) not troubling in other workplaces and places of public accommodation - city transit, offices, airplanes, hospitals, courthouses, other govt buildings, etc? is it because there is a cultural "preference" by smokers and libertarians that the govt cannot invade where we choose to spend our public leisure time? why should those preferences be given precedence over the preferences/concerns regarding workplace pollution?

]]> 12:26 PM, Apr 11, 2008 Main re: Kansas City's Smokiest Bars by bahua at 9:44 AM, Apr 11, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Kansas_Citys_Smokiest_Bars Nobody has to work in a smoky bar either. Nobody's arm is getting twisted in any case. With no smoking ban. there are already dozens of smoke-free bars in Kansas City, employing a couple thousand people. Like any other bar, they all have ridiculous employee turnover rates, so I fail to see how anybody that doesn't want to work in a cloud of smoke is being forced to do so in Kansas City. Just like customers, employees of smoky bars are choosing to place themselves in smoke. They aren't being chained to the floor.

The trans-fat bans are currently the cutting edge of idiocy, in my opinion.

]]> 9:44 AM, Apr 11, 2008 Main re: Linux Stuff I Use All The Time by ralf at 8:31 AM, Apr 11, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Linux_Stuff_I_Use_All_The_Time apache has become a hog. check out lighttpd+fastcgi for perl. mmmm.

]]> 8:31 AM, Apr 11, 2008 Main re: Kansas City's Smokiest Bars by chicus at 10:28 PM, Apr 10, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Kansas_Citys_Smokiest_Bars What choice to the employees of said bars have?

This argument always gets turned back to the patrons of a bar but we have banned smoking in pretty much every other workplace. Why are the workers of bars exempt from working in a smoke-free environment?

I don't disagree with the civil liberties aspect but I think a much more dangerous trend is banning trans-fats in cities, which mine has done. In that case, truly ANYONE can choose whether or not to partake in the "bad" deed.

]]> 10:28 PM, Apr 10, 2008 Main re: Kansas City's Smokiest Bars by bahua at 11:20 AM, Apr 10, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Kansas_Citys_Smokiest_Bars "but why do i have to go home smelling and have a scratchy throat the whole next day because of it. My quality of life is just as important."

You don't have to go home smelling like smoke. Who says you have to go to a smoky bar? What requirement is there for you to go? Smoke is not some hidden danger. It's obvious, right in front of you, and easily avoidable.

]]> 11:20 AM, Apr 10, 2008 Main re: Kansas City's Smokiest Bars by Gulia at 10:48 AM, Apr 10, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Kansas_Citys_Smokiest_Bars I don't agree with your stance on why keep it legal. You really put down quality of life - why is that? I don't have any problem with people's right to smoke, but why do i have to go home smelling and have a scratchy throat the whole next day because of it. My quality of life is just as important.

Also, with regard to the bars closing...i doubt it. The bars here in Mass just ask people to step outside, it doesn't appear to be a big deal. Sure, if they had a roofdeck or outside seating it would be ideal, but most don't, and as far as i can tell, smokers still patronize establishments.

]]> 10:48 AM, Apr 10, 2008 Main re: Kansas City's Smokiest Bars by chris at 8:07 PM, Apr 9, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Kansas_Citys_Smokiest_Bars i bet at least 3 of the bars on that list will let patrons smoke anyway, and the city will not know or care. that said, i really can't imagine people can't just go outside. columbia and lawrence have had smoking bans for a while, and as far as i know none of the divey/smokey bars have gone under - and i'm not talking about places that are packed with students. people will adjust the same way they adjusted when they could no longer smoke in offices, government buildings, courthouses, hospitals, airplanes, airports, schools, etc. - or, more presciently, the way they have adjusted in places like california and new york and paris, where you can no longer smoke in bars and restaurants. they either go outside, or they find the places that ignore the ban.

i also think this issue has absolutely nothing to do with freedom, and i am a freedom-loving kind of guy.

]]> 8:07 PM, Apr 9, 2008 Main re: Kansas City's Smokiest Bars by ck at 5:45 PM, Apr 9, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Kansas_Citys_Smokiest_Bars Fantastic use of "douchebaggery"

]]> 5:45 PM, Apr 9, 2008 Main re: Kansas City's Smokiest Bars by Brad at 4:16 PM, Apr 9, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Kansas_Citys_Smokiest_Bars "...as I think smoking bans are part of a dangerous trend away from freedom, and an ignorantly accepted part of the wildly popular habit that Americans have for trading their freedom for quality of life."

I agree with that statement, but now that the ban has passed, I don't see what the big deal is with walking 10 steps outside and smoking til one's heart is content. People are still free to smoke at any time, just not any where.

If your business is dependent upon smoke floating in the air, then I suggest you find a new business...or rent a fog machine.

]]> 4:16 PM, Apr 9, 2008 Main re: 366 Days by KRANG at 12:03 PM, Apr 1, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=366_Days Nice. Very nice.

]]> 12:03 PM, Apr 1, 2008 Main re: Smoking Ban by ck at 4:12 PM, Mar 25, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Smoking_Ban Since Chicago has gone smoke free, it's been fantastic. One thing you'll notice almost immediately is that the smoke smell covered up a lot of BO body funk and after meal gas. Fortunately those smells don't generally stay in your clothes or hair like smoke does.

]]> 4:12 PM, Mar 25, 2008 Main re: Twin City and Gilhouly's by Gandalf at 6:38 PM, Mar 17, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Twin_City_and_Gilhoulys You cannot pass. I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark will not avail you, Flu of Udûn. Go back to the shadow! You cannot pass!

]]> 6:38 PM, Mar 17, 2008 Main re: Kansas City for St. Patrick's Day by Nick at 6:34 PM, Mar 17, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Kansas_City_for_St._Patricks_Day Get better...that sounds like a rough night...

]]> 6:34 PM, Mar 17, 2008 Main re: Monday in the District by PumpkinStalker at 12:54 PM, Mar 17, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Monday_in_the_District I can't believe they gave Chris the wrong patty. That's something you don't want to screw up, but it was indeed their first night. I thought the burger was amazing as well, and the $8.00 was tough to beat on taste. I should have watched them make it to see how much booze went into it though.

]]> 12:54 PM, Mar 17, 2008 Main re: Kansas City for St. Patrick's Day by PumpkinStalker at 12:47 PM, Mar 17, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Kansas_City_for_St._Patricks_Day That completely blows. Hope you feel better soon.

]]> 12:47 PM, Mar 17, 2008 Main re: Kansas City for St. Patrick's Day by Josh at 12:21 PM, Mar 17, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Kansas_City_for_St._Patricks_Day Oh, man, that sucks. So, K.C. left the parade on the 17th, even though the official Catholic calendar has it on the 15th this year? Apparently, this is the first time it's been a movable feast since 1940, due to the earliness of Holy Week this year. Ah, Catholic calendar minutiae!

]]> 12:21 PM, Mar 17, 2008 Main re: Twin City and Gilhouly's by The Flu at 12:06 PM, Mar 17, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Twin_City_and_Gilhoulys No, bahua, it's me. I have taken root in your system and am happily multiplying inside of you, while your puny white blood cells try in vain to take me down.

]]> 12:06 PM, Mar 17, 2008 Main re: Twin City and Gilhouly's by bahua at 8:04 AM, Mar 17, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Twin_City_and_Gilhoulys No, I still don't. I feel rotten to be sure, but I really don't think I have anything as serious as the flu.

]]> 8:04 AM, Mar 17, 2008 Main re: Twin City and Gilhouly's by Jeff at 6:56 AM, Mar 17, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Twin_City_and_Gilhoulys "He claimed it was the Flu, but I really don't think that's what this is."

...do you believe it now?

]]> 6:56 AM, Mar 17, 2008 Main re: Can Someone Explain This to Me? by bahua at 10:31 AM, Mar 11, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Can_Someone_Explain_This_to_Me Ouch! Bitter much?

]]> 10:31 AM, Mar 11, 2008 Main re: Can Someone Explain This to Me? by dick at 11:06 AM, Mar 10, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Can_Someone_Explain_This_to_Me it's amazing how narrow-minded most of you are. there are millions of reasons people choose to live where they do. it's ignorant to assume i lived in the OP for the same reasons the 40-year old couple with two kids on my street did.

p.s. just because you lived with your parents in the suburbs and how have a studio apartment in or near downtown, you don't suddenly know everything. if that were the case, everyone would want to live downtown.

]]> 11:06 AM, Mar 10, 2008 Main re: The Red Balloon, again by Richard at 1:43 PM, Mar 7, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=The_Red_Balloon_again John, I'm never going to dance again. I'm not sure if you were aware, but guilty feet have got no rhythm.

]]> 1:43 PM, Mar 7, 2008 Main re: Can Someone Explain This to Me? by cole at 5:17 PM, Mar 5, 2008 http://bahua.com/?a=Can_Someone_Explain_This_to_Me living in the current downtown is a bit like living on the frontier of the wild west. it's unsettled. and people drink wiskey and shoot each other at high noon. but the city is where living is living again. the suburbs have a sonic and a truck stop. there is no point to living in the suburbs except for the schools, but i think the schools could be reclaimed by a coup d'état of interested parents. obviously they are smart enough to fill any gaps perceived left behind by teachers. what if enough people said 'so what if these houses are on holmes, they are worth making homes.' the reason we don't move on from this topic is because people will move from blue springs to grain valley to oak grove to odessa. At some point people need to realize solutions don't lie in moving 30 miles from anywhere, but by fixing what is there.

p.s. my oak grove education never taught me to capitalize words.

]]> 5:17 PM, Mar 5, 2008 Main